Well the network rebuild I emailed about a couple of weeks ago i finally complete, and the link spreading code has been seriously optimized and improved to boot. That will be better for everybody.
But what's REALLY better for everybody is that the great majority of sites in the network now have a lot more links ready to go live. Most sites have 500 (the new maximum).
The guarantee is still at least 250 links, but very few sites have that few now.
This should help you compete with other sites for your keywords. All of the other metrics still apply (three way linking, diverse IPs, slow spreading of the new links).
Let me know what you think.
Jon